Hospitals, Heal Yourselves

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Abstract
Teaching hospitals are beset by a litany of now familiar complaints. They are often described as large and impersonal. Their expert clinician-professors are said to be aloof and uncaring. House staff rotate off services just when patients are beginning to feel comfortable with them. Personnel often disregard patients' dignity. Appointments are difficult to arrange, their locations are increasingly difficult to find, and the waiting time to see doctors is often excessive.Nevertheless, there is a general assumption that the teaching hospitals provide better care than nonteaching hospitals. They have a greater concentration of clinical expertise, a focus on clinical research, . . .